Louis sanders



No. 624,872. Patented May 9, |899 L. SANDERS.

- BELT BUCKLE.

(Application filed Dec. 21, 1898.) (No Model.)

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LOUIS SANDERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BELT-BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 624,872, dated May 9, 1899.

Application filed December 21, 1898. Serial No. 699,922. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, Louis SANDERS, of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the conn ty of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Belt-Buckles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a buckle especially adapted for military belts and which is arranged to be opened and closed by vertical movement of it's members.

Another object of the invention is to con struct a buckle of the type above described that will be simple, durable, and economic and that will not be liable to separate or work loose under the movements of the body necessary during military duty.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.`

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved buckle and a portion of a belt attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the buckle closed. Fig. 3 is a rear 'elevation of one member of the buckle, and Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the mating member of the buckle. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal vertical section taken practically on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2; and Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the member of the buckle illustrated in Fig. 4, but reversed end for end from the position shown in Fig. 4.

A represents one member of the improved buckle, B the mating member, and O a portion of a belt attached to 'the buckle. The front of the members of the buckle may be given any desired contour or configuration. The rear of each member, however, is provided at its outer side at top and bottom with two guides 10 and 1l, the guides 10 being the faces of the inner guideaas shown in Fig. 5.

.The upper 'guides ot the buckle members extend downwardly, while the bottom guides extend upwardly. ln attaching the ends of the belt C to the members of the buckle each end is first passed inward between the inner guides 1l and the inner face of the respective member of the buckle and is then returned upon itself and carried outward, passing be` Vstuds 12 are located. The studs are preferably two in number, being located one at each side of the center, and between the studs 12 a rearwardly-extending teat 13 is formed, said t-eat being usually produced by striking up the material of the member B from the front.

i The mating member A of the buckleis provided with a lip 14, laterally projected from its inner edge, and the said lip where it connects with the inner edge of the member A is carried rearwardly to extend beyond the plane of the inner face of the member, as shown in Fig. 4. Bayonet-slots 15 are made in the lip 14, corresponding in number tothe number of studs 12 employed in constructing the buckle. The entrance-sections a of the bayonet-slots are sumciently wide to freely admit the studs 12,- while the receiving-section a. of each bayonet-slot where it connects. `with the entrance-section is of less width than the Width of said entrance-section; but the receiving-section ed of each of the said bayonetslots is provided with an enlargement a2 at its inner extremity, so that when the mem'- bers of the buckle are brought toget-her and the studs l2 are passed from the entrancesections of the bayonet-slots 15 into the receiving-sections ot' said'slots'the studs will meet with resistance; but when the studs enter the enlarged portions a2 of said bayonetslots the studs will have sufficient play to enable the buckle to be comfortably worn, as

the play of the studs will be sufficient to prointo the entrance-sections e of the bayonet been sprung into the recess 1G inthe vlip ofi the member A, as illustrated in Fig. 5.

A buckle constructed in the manner herein shown and described is not only simple, du-

rable, and economic, but the members of said buckle will be firmly held together and can- 2 not be separated under any movement of the I body of the wearer necessary to martial exercise. In fact, it is absolutely necessary to impart vertical movement to the members of the buckle before the said members can be tions of said slots, the closed ends of the bayodis'connected f rom each other.

It will be observed that when the members of the 'buckle are to be brought together the groove 17 serves as a guide for the member A and that the teat that enters the groove 17 must be sprung out therefrom into its receiving-recess 16 in order to effect a perfect locking engagement between the two buckle members.

In the construction of the buckle false studheads 12 are preferably formed upon'the front of the memberA, and a mock depression 13 is made likewise in the front face of the said member. The mock stud-heads are in transverse alinement withl the rear stud-heads 12 and the mock depression 13 is in transverse alinement with the depression made in the member B to produce the teat 13, as shown in `Fig. 1.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A buckle, comprising two members, one of said members being provided with studs upon its inner face, and the other member being provided with a lip adapted to extend across the inner face of the mating member, the lip being provided with bayonet-slots adapted to receive said studs, the horizontal or entrance section of said slots opening at the edge of the lip, a portion of the bayonetslots being of less width than the entrancesections of said slots, the said members of the buckle being provided with interlocking means, located respectively between the bayonet-'slots of one member and the studs of the other member, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a belt-buckle, the combination, with a member provided with studs upon its inner face and a teat between the studs, of a mating member provided with a lip adapted to eX- tend over the inner face of the member provided With the studs, said lip being provided with bayonet-slots, portions of the bayonetslots being narrower than the entrance-secnet-slots having a greater Width than the diameter of the studs adapted to entersaid slots, the said lip being provided between the bayonet-slots with a transverse groove in its inner face and also with a depression adjacent to the groove, the said groove being adapted as a guide for the said teat and the depression as a locking-seat for the teat, as set forth.

3. Abuckle, comprising two members, each provided at the outer side of its rear face at top and bottom with two guides, studs upon the in-ner face of one of 'said members near the inner edge thereof, a lip projected laterally from the inner edge of the other member, the said lip being carried rearwardly to extend beyond the plane of the inner face of said member the said lip being adapted to eX- tend across the inner face of the mating member and provided with bayonet-slots opening at the inner edge of the lip, and adapted to receive said studs, a portion of said slots being of less width than the entrance-sections of said slots, as and for the purpose specified.

LOUIS SANDERS.

Vitnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, I EVERARD BOLTON MARSHALL. 

